I let the kids swim in their clothes. My mom is freaking out about it.

[Anonymous 8]

That’s not something I would allow, but my kids are generally in cotton, and cotton gets very heavy when it’s wet.

[Traci_Momof2]

I'd personally be concerned about what the chlorine would do to their clothes but whatever.

[Traci_Momof2]

This whole thing seems like a recipe for disaster. They swim in clothes and jump in the pool while running around so obviously they don't have ask permission to swim, and in general you seem to lack concern for basic pool safety. You are setting them up for dangerous behaviors and teaching them unsafe pool rules.

This. My kids are old enough to use the pool without us right there but they have to be together and they have to let us know they are getting in BEFORE they get in. So if they are stopping to let us know they might as well take the two minutes it takes to change into trunks.

[Deleted User 670]

The level of chlorine required for a pool is damaging to clothes. If you want to waste money by letting them wear clothes in the pool that you have to replace sooner, then it's your money. But it's stupid and wasteful.

[Traci_Momof2]

Also, if they've been wearing those clothes all day, just think of the extra bacteria they're taking into the water with them ... OK, so you can add extra chemicals but who wants to do that when there's an easy way of avoiding it?

And then all of the lint coming off of the clothes and choking the hell out of your filter. Cloth in the pool is terrible on the equipment.

Which is why I always use my hot tub or pool nude. No killing the filter.

DH and I always use the pool nude when the kids aren't around. But I don't think my teen boys would appreciate seeing nude old Mom in the pool.

[Anonymous 2]

Sometimes, mom is just wrong.

[Anonymous 1]

The level of chlorine required for a pool is damaging to clothes. If you want to waste money by letting them wear clothes in the pool that you have to replace sooner, then it's your money. But it's stupid and wasteful.

I have to replace their clothes every year because they grow out of them. And honestly, they're not even faded when we give them to goodwill.

[Anonymous 1]

This whole thing seems like a recipe for disaster. They swim in clothes and jump in the pool while running around so obviously they don't have ask permission to swim, and in general you seem to lack concern for basic pool safety. You are setting them up for dangerous behaviors and teaching them unsafe pool rules.

This. My kids are old enough to use the pool without us right there but they have to be together and they have to let us know they are getting in BEFORE they get in. So if they are stopping to let us know they might as well take the two minutes it takes to change into trunks.

They do have to ask before they swim, I usually say "go ahead" and they jump in.
These are not all that different from trunks anyways:

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[Anonymous 1]

Oh yay another “parent” that wants to be the cool mom and kids best friend. Ridiculous.

What are you talking about? I'm actually pretty strict about most things, but they are allowed to be spontaneous and have fun.
My kids will be the first to tell you that I am the complete opposite of "cool".

[nmkj]

Tell granny to stfu.